Mario G. Pino is a jockey

Jockey

A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...

 in American

United States

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 Thoroughbred horse racing

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

. Raised on a farm, he began his riding career in 1978 at Delaware Park

Delaware Park (race track)

Delaware Park is an American horse racing track, casino, and golf course in Stanton, Delaware. It is located just outside the city of Wilmington, and about thirty miles from Philadelphia.-Thoroughbred racing:...

 in Wilmington. Over the years he has chosen to be based at race tracks close to home and family and has won a number of riding titles at venues in the Delaware

Delaware

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, Maryland

Maryland

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 and Virginia

Virginia

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 areas.

On November 7, 2007, Mario Pino, who rode his first winner on January 16, 1979 at Bowie Race Track

Bowie Race Track

The Bowie Race Track was a horse racing track located just outside the city limits of Bowie, Maryland. Opened October 1, 1914 by the Southern Maryland Agricultural Society, the racetrack was a major attraction in the area, serving the now defunct WB&A Railroad that drew passengers from New York,...

 in Bowie, Maryland

Bowie, Maryland

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, became the 15th jockey in North America

North America

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n racing history to achieve 6,000 career wins when he rode Pass Play to victory at Laurel Park Racecourse.

On July 7, 2002, Mario Pino won seven races on a single day at Colonial Downs

Colonial Downs

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 in New Kent, Virginia

New Kent, Virginia

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 and on October 25, 2003 had a six-win day at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland

Laurel, Maryland

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. He has twice ridden in the Preakness Stakes

Preakness Stakes

The Preakness Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs on dirt. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds ; fillies 121 lb...

, finishing off the board both times. For 2007, was his breakout year as he has been the jockey aboard the well-thought-of three-year-old colt Hard Spun

Hard Spun

Hard Spun is an American Thoroughbred racehorse that finished second in the 2007 Kentucky Derby. He is from one of the last crops of three-time leading sire in North America Danzig. Hard Spun is owned by Wilmington, Delaware automobile dealer Richard C...

. In his debut in the Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...

 on May 5, 2007, Pino rode the colt to a second-place finish and then was third in the Preakness Stakes

Preakness Stakes

The Preakness Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs on dirt. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds ; fillies 121 lb...

. After winning the King's Bishop Stakes

King's Bishop Stakes

The King's Bishop Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The race is open to three-year-olds willing to sprint seven furlongs on dirt. The race is a Grade I event and carries a purse of $250,000...

 and the Kentucky Cup Classic Stakes, in the Breeders' Cup Classic

Breeders' Cup Classic

The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade I Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3 year olds and older run at a distance of 1¼ miles on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships...

, Pino rode Hard Spun to a second-place finish.

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